‘Tis the season to preserve local pumpkins, apples, and pears as versatile, flavorful fruit butters. Heidi Skoog of artisan jam companySerious Jam will show you how to use a few simple techniques to turn pumpkins, apples, and pears into silky smooth butters, no actual butter required. You can use these luscious spreads on bread, as part of a cheese platter, or sandwiched in a special holiday cake. They also make great homemade gifts!

Heidi will teach you what produce you can turn into butters, how to flavor them, and which can be safely canned. This class will use some cooking show magic to condense the lengthy (but hands-off) process into an hour and a half so that you can go through the steps from start to finish with an expert leading the way. Each participant will go home with a small jar each of pumpkin butter and apple or pear butter.

BASICS OF JAM AND JELLY WITH SERIOUS JAM

AUGUST 1 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

$35

Learn how to preserve the fleeting flavor of fresh, local fruit with your own homemade jellies and jams. Jam expert Heidi Skoog of Serious Jam will talk you through the in’s and out’s of selecting and preparing fruit, developing flavors, and canning fruit preserves. Participants will work together to make and process one jam and one jelly, and everyone will get to take home a jar of preserves.